When was the last time the author of a book, that's been turned into a movie starred in that movie?  I didn't have an answer for that one either.  But that's exactly what's happened in Down to the Dirt.  

This debut feature from Justin Simms is the latest film to continue the Rowdyman tradition of raucous Newfoundland characters, and it's based on the hit novel from Joel Thomas Hynes.  Hynes plays his central character Keith Kavanagh with a ferocity rarely seen - it's clear he has a deep understanding of who Kavanagh is - it's the type of performance that could have only been possbile by someone so intimately familair with the role.

It's rare we get a movie from Newfoundland at the fetival, let alone one as accomplished and gripping as this one.  It's also got a killer soundtrack by Mark Bragg, which may finally bring his awesome music to a wider audience.

See you in the theatre.